The debate over the United States immigrant policy has been going an issue since the first immigrant stepped foot in America. Many Americans believe that it is unfair that people from other countries can come to America and take opportunities from people born in America. Arnold Schwarzenegger writes, An Immigrant Writes, to shed some light on his belief that our policy should be revised to help both immigrants and Americans. Mr. Schwarzenegger’s article, An Immigrant Writes, was a compelling argument but was not successful because of his lack of ethos, detail, and refutation.…
They’ve had to work twice as hard as any American would to achieve their goals. They’ve had to endure name calling, racism, and being belittled in their quest for a better life. Immigrants come into this country searching for the American dream, and who are we to deny hard working people that right. We call America the land of opportunity but yet we refuse to let immigrants have the opportunity to succeed. In this essay I will talk about why immigration is important in order for our nation to thrive, compare two essays that support immigration, and analyze the aims and modes for each essay.…
For its entire history, America has dealt with the influx of immigrants from all over the world. David Cole, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center and volunteer staff attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights, proves that immigration is more beneficial than some Americans believe it to be. In Cole’s essay titled, “Five Myths about Immigration,” he debunks the common stereotypes about immigrants and embraces the facts. These common stereotypes about immigrants are often fueled by ignorance and misinformation and can cause real-world harm to immigrants. According to Cole’s essay, “Passion, misinformation, and shortsighted fear often substitute for reason, fairness, and human dignity in today’s immigration debates” (558). Politicians…
Since its creation the United States has been a welcoming home for the lost souls of the world, looking for a place where they could grow and prosper, free of prosecution and judgment. Everyone came for a fresh start, the freedom and liberty that was unattainable in other countries. The statue of liberty greeted everyone coming into Ellis Island with open arms as the inscription on her pedestal read “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” Fast forward two hundred years and we find our selves living in a country that scoffs at the idea of immigrants, creates laws purposefully making it more difficult for them to live in the country, and has created a stigma against them that has bred a fear of new immigrants. Every…
Immigration has always been a topic discussed in the United States and in countries all around the world. It is a topic with history going back hundreds of years. Lately immigration has been one of the most talked about topics in the United States, mainly due to the recent presidential elections. Immigration is an ongoing topic with many different points of views both good and bad, like any other topic. In order to change these attitudes and make a change, people need to come together and come to the conclusion that they need each other. They need to realize that something can be done without hurting others, and this is something that needs to be stated nationally.…
The Americans now are concerning about migration as well as the nation's economy. The concern is whether the immigrants will contribute to the prosperity of the America society or they just create more problems and difficulties for our society. People also worry about the budget that the nation has to provide for new immigrants. Do we, as a nation of immigrants, still have the capacity to absorb newcomers? Historian David Kennedy in his article "Can We Still Afford to Be a Nation of Immigrants?" discusses about immigration in the United States, and he states that we still have the capacity to absorb new immigrants. The author supports his idea successfully by using historical evidences from history of immigration and evidences from recent studies.…
Since the presidential debates began, many American citizens have started questioning the trend of immigration to the United States. In the middle of September 2015, Republican Party candidate Donald Trump stated, “We have illegal immigrants that are treated better, by far, than our veterans” (Schleifer). His foreign policy ideas made many American citizens ask themselves contradicting questions about immigrants – Should undocumented immigrants be able to stay in this country or should they be deported? Are immigrants genuinely taking jobs or are they aiding the country by strengthening it through hard work? The rising issue of undocumented immigrants in America has caused people to either oppose them and want them to be deported or support…
In 2017, 22.3 million families of immigrations are facing a huge problem. Our new president in office has made orders for mass deportation of illegal immigrants and some also legal as well. immigration laws are destroying families by deporting parents to their homeland, no immigration reforms being offered, and our current presidents thoughts over illegals. People’s rights are being taken away, by losing jobs, help from the government, students are losing they right to have a future by going to college.…
Many can argue that immigration density in our population has reached its peak over the past decade. And many are right. A survey conducted in 2013 by the U.S. Census Bureau showed that about 13% of our massive 316 million U.S. resident population are foreign-born and have immigrated here from a different country. That’s roughly 1 in every 7 people, so it’s needless to say that America makes up the world’s most diverse ethnic stew. Everywhere from the hot and sunny lands of Mexico to the humid and rainy Japan, the free and opportunistic culture of the United States is a land that attracts families from all around the world, leaving its golden gates open to those who wish to thrive in the fantastic life ahead of them. Many believe that these incoming families, primarily those who produce the income, provide an extraordinary boost to our economy and pave the way for a blooming America. It is difficult to justify that immigrant families have had…
ur country is currently facing a time of uncertainty and forced to make decisions about some very controversial issues. Among these issues is the question of immigrants and their role in the United States. As congressmen, the people of your state voted for you to represent their voices in the national legislature. However, I encourage you to remember all the people who are underrepresented in our government and consider their opinions when forming policies for the United States. It is important to consider the role immigrants had in the formation of our country. The very basis our country was formed on the notion of the ‘American Dream’ where anyone can achieve anything. However, the currently policies being discussed deter the people who have…
Immigration to the United States is a complex demographic phenomenon that has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of the history of the United States. The economic, social, and political aspects of immigration have caused controversy regarding ethnicity, economic benefits, jobs for non-immigrants, crime, voting behavior… Among all these immigrant groups, this paper will focus on three specifically: the Irish immigrants, the African-American and the Native-American.…
After the 1890s depression the immigration population skyrocketed. From a low at roughly 3.5 million immigrants it jumped to a high of 9 million within the first ten years of the new century. Immigrants of this time are labeled from “Old” and “New” Immigrants.…
Immigration has been an ongoing issue that has affected many people in the United States today, many immigrants have doubled since the 1960s because of the economic stability in their country. Even though immigration from Mexico has decreased over time there is still a majority of other immigrants in the U.S. The immigration system is broken and needs to be addressed and called for attention because they supercharge the economic benefits in America. An immigration reform that comprehensively addresses these problems like providing a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants living and working in the U.S. A common-sense reform would restore faith and still bring hope to immigrants; this will change America…
Immigration reform is a widely debated topic that affects the lives of every citizen whether they are for, against or indifferent to the issue. The United States needs a new immigration policy that is based less on wishful thinking and more on realism. Spending vast sums of money trying to enforce arbitrary numerical limits on immigration that bear no relationship to economic reality is a fool’s errand. We need flexible limits on immigration that rise and fall with U.S. labor demand, coupled with strict enforcement of tough wage and labor laws that protect all workers, regardless of where they were born. We need to respect the natural human desire for family reunification, while recognizing that even family-based immigrants are unlikely to come here if jobs are not available. And we need to create a pathway to legal status for unauthorized immigrants who are already here so that they can no longer be exploited by unscrupulous employers who hang the threat of deportation over their heads.…
Immigration has always been in existence in the United States since the beginning of American History. At the turn of the 20th century immigration has been an issue for the people in this country. There are many problems that the United States faces and the one that is causing several debates is illegal immigration. Thousands and thousands of illegal immigrants have come from many different places. All of them have different desires. America is supposed to be the land of the free so why is illegal immigration such a big issue in America?…